“I'd like to thank myself, and congratulate myself, and give myself a big pat on the back.”
“I did not approve of your action—I was merely congratulating myself. What you mistook for clapping was merely me giving myself multiple high fives.”
“For two hours I'd felt myself stretching tighter and tighter, like a rubber band pulled to the point of snapping. And now, I could feel the smaller, weaker part of myself beginning to fray, tiny bits giving way before the big break.”
“It’s impossible for me to applaud your successes when my hands are too busy patting myself on the back. But if I clap for you, and you pat my back, we can both feel like winners.”
“I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.”
“I am yours.Don't give myself back to me.”